Are The Mass Pro-Palestine Protests On College Campuses Just One Big Virtue Signal?

zerohedge.com Are The Mass Pro-Palestine Protests On College Campuses Just One Big Virtue Signal? Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, As a general rule, rebels without a cause…

Senate passes bill forcing TikTok's parent company to sell or face U.S. ban

pbs.org The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by…

TikTok parent moves closer to being forced to sell or face a ban after Senate vote

fortune.com The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by…

Senate passes bill forcing TikTok's parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

apnews.com The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by…

Kim Jong Un's Minister Who Worked On North Korea's Syria Relations Visits Iran Amid Festering Middle-East Tensions

benzinga.com A delegation from North Korea, led by the cabinet minister for international trade, is visiting Iran. This visit comes amid long-standing suspicions of covert military ties…

Ditch the US Stock Market and Invest in Gold in 2024: Explains Analyst

watcher.guru With gold rallying to new highs this season, several financial analysts have made bold predictions concerning gold and its uniqueness as a hedge against inflation. While the…

North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip

asia.nikkei.com A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday, in a rare public report of an…

FTSE 100 is an international laggard despite its record high

theguardian.com Every dog will have its day and here comes the FTSE 100 index, not so much soaring as limping to a record high of 8,076. If that sounds too grumpy, consider that the…

TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama

theguardian.com Another day, another set of troubles for Apple’s App Store. This time, the company had bowed to orders from the Chinese state to remove WhatsApp and Threads, two of the last…

FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals

nbcnews.com Reacting for the first time to former President Donald Trump’s vow to order the Justice Department to investigate his political opponents, FBI Director Christopher Wray said…

Hezbollah Launches Deepest Attack Into Israel Since War's Start, On Passover

zerohedge.com Hezbollah Launches Deepest Attack Into Israel Since War's Start, On Passover Hezbollah on Tuesday conducted its deepest strikes into Israeli territory since the start of the…

There Is So Much For The Market To "Pass"/"Over" Right Now

zerohedge.com There Is So Much For The Market To "Pass"/"Over" Right Now By Michael Every of Rabobank "Pass"/"Over" There is so much for markets to try to pass over right over: and they…

Chervine Naamani Joins ColorCreative As Manager-Producer

deadline.com Chervine Naamani has joined ColorCreative, the management and production company co-founded by Issa Rae, Deniese Davis, and Talitha Watkins, as a manager and producer.…

Senate poised to pass bill that could ban TikTok

thehill.com The Senate is poised to pass a bill that could lead to a ban on the social media app TikTok that was tied to a broader foreign aid package of legislation. The Senate voted…

Is the Rally in Gold Prices Over? Not So Fast

investorplace.com Gold prices are likely going nowhere but up Is the rally in gold prices over? If you only believed what you saw on social media, you’d think the answer is yes. All it took…

The US Senate advances the bill forcing a sale or ban of TikTok, preparing for a final vote on the bill as soon as Tuesday evening

forbes.com The Senate is all but certain to pass the House-approved package that could ultimately ban TikTok if its China-based parent company doesn't sell the app, part of a…

Cracking the Code: 5 Reasons a Choppy Market Looms

benzinga.com Over my two-decade active investing career, I have learned valuable lessons by studying my trading history extensively. In looking back at my investments and the investing…

Senate advances long-awaited aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and TikTok bill

cnbc.com Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Senate on Tuesday…

Iran Says It's Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons After Tit-For-Tat Strikes With Israel

zerohedge.com Iran Says It's Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons After Tit-For-Tat Strikes With Israel Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed…

Why GOP senators say Biden is ‘scapegoating’ crypto on illicit finance

dlnews.com Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that the Biden administration is making the crypto industry a “scapegoat” for illicit financing. Since the October 7 attacks by militant…

How American F-16 fighter jets stack up to Su-35s being sent to Iran

newsweek.com Iran reportedly made a deal last winter to acquire a number of Russian Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets, which are frequently compared to American F-16 Fighting Falcons. Over…

Conflict Capitalists: 7 Stocks Set to Profit From Worldwide Instability

investorplace.com With geopolitical flashpoints poised to worsen, investors ought to target stocks to buy for global conflict. I don’t look at this theme as advantaging tragedies. Rather,…

Lebanon's Hezbollah launches deepest attack into Israel since start of Gaza war

investing.com Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it had launched a drone attack against Israeli military bases north of the city of Acre, in its deepest strike into…

Will ‘Shōgun’ Get A Season Two?

vanityfair.com Like many limited series before it, Shōgun, FX's epic series set in 17th century Japan, was originally intended to be just a single season. But as Shōgun's 10th and final…

Just A Correction, Or Is The Bull Market Over?

zerohedge.com Just A Correction, Or Is The Bull Market Over? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Is this just a correction after a strong bullish advance from…

Russia outsmarts Western sanctions

economist.com Nazem Ahmad, an art collector and financier, who owns work by Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso, has been under American sanctions since 2019. That may sound like a problem, but…

The false promise of friendshoring

economist.com Each year the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly vote on dozens of resolutions, earnestly setting the world to rights. Last month, for example, they…

Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again

economist.com The interest-rate market has a dirty secret, which practitioners call “the hairy chart”. Its main body is the Federal Reserve’s policy rate, plotted as a thick line against…

Just In: BRICS Countries Mulls Stablecoin For Trade Settlement

coingape.com In a bid to create an alternative to the use of the United States dollar for cross-border remittances and trade, member countries of the BRICS consortium are considering…

Salman Rushdie Recalls ‘Dancing’ Outside His Attacker’s Jail in Jon Stewart Interview

mediaite.com Author Salman Rushdie recalled “dancing” outside the jail where his alleged attacker is being held after recovering from the injuries sustained in a brutal knife attack in…

Binance: BNB Price Prediction For April End 2024

watcher.guru Binance’s BNB token seems to be recovering from the recent market correction, fuelled by Iran’s attack on Israel. The asset is down 0.5% in the daily chart but is up 9.5% in…

FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts

theguardian.com The UK stock market hit a record high on Tuesday, as shares were lifted by hopes of interest rate cuts and an easing of geopolitical tensions. The FTSE 100 index of…

The Great American Sellout: Congress Chooses Foreign Aid Over Border Security

tftc.io In a recent development that has left many American citizens disillusioned, Congress has once again showcased its ability for bipartisan cooperation, not to bolster domestic…

Ether ETFs Are Unlikely to Be Approved in May: Standard Chartered

coindesk.com None ETFs that hold Ethereum's ether (ETH) are unlikely to be approved in May, Standard Chartered said in a report. • None Rising macro risks have led to a slowdown in spot…

$95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan up for Senate vote after months of delay

pbs.org The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation…

The sell-off in stocks since March was just the start and the correction has further to go as risks mount, JPMorgan says

aol.com None The recent stock slump was just the start of a correction, according to JPMorgan. • None Investors are too complacent with some risks, and inflation and geopolitics…

Shiba Inu: Whale Buys 237 Billion SHIB Amid 23% Rally

watcher.guru According to the data from Etherscan.io, a Shiba Inu (SHIB) whale has purchased 237 billion SHIB tokens, valued at around $6.3 million. The whale wallet currently holds…

ByteDance’s web of apps could get tangled up in TikTok ban

axios.com As a TikTok divestment law races to passage, TikTok's parent company ByteDance must reckon with the legislation across all of its apps, many of which are growing rapidly in…

Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin Price Analysis

coingape.com Bitcoin price analysis: The crypto market depicts a calm environment on Tuesday heading into the American session. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, jolted upward after…

De-Dollarization Main Agenda of BRICS 2024 Summit

watcher.guru A recent statement made by a diplomat indicates that the BRICS 2024 summit will focus mainly on the de-dollarization agenda. The BRICS 2024 summit is scheduled to be held in…

Empire Newsletter: SEC faces big court bill after sanctions

blockworks.co Time to pay up. Oh, wait… Last August, after suing Digital Licensing Inc. or DEBT Box, SEC attorneys were granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the crypto…

Oil prices fall as risk premium wanes; European data offers demand hopes

investing.com Investing.com-- Oil prices fell Tuesday, as easing tensions over an Iran-Israel war saw traders price out a risk premium in crude. At 08:45 ET (12:45 GMT), fell 0.9% to…

U.S. crude oil falls below $81 a barrel as market brushes off looming Iran oil sanctions

cnbc.com A general view of Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran and is considered as the first refinery in the country in terms of diversity of petroleum products…

Gaza War At 200 Days: IDF Pivots From Iran Threat Back To Hamas Operations

zerohedge.com Gaza War At 200 Days: IDF Pivots From Iran Threat Back To Hamas Operations Monday into Tuesday saw the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensify its operations in central and…

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Tycoon Applauds China for Making Green Tech Cheaper

dailybusinessupdates.com Aramco’s head honcho, Amin Nasser, is all in on China for bringing down the price tag on solar panels and electric vehicles. While the West is pointing fingers at China for…

Geopolitics Point to a Strong Bullish Case for Shell (SHEL) Stock

investorplace.com It’s a combo of old and new While integrated hydrocarbon energy stalwart Shell stock (NYSE:SHEL) may seem an anachronistic enterprise, the current juncture bodes very well…

Four Thousand Years of Egyptian Women Pictured

marginalrevolution.com In an excellent, deep-dive Alice Evans looks at patriarchy in Egypt using pictures drawn from four thousand years of history. Here are three examples. A wealthy woman, shown…

Tesla, GM earnings, US futures, EV sales

investing.com Investing.com -- Tesla is set to start to Big Tech earnings season later in the day, while General Motors is due before the open. Futures point to a positive open on Wall…

US stock futures edge higher; caution ahead of top tech earnings

investing.com Investing.com-- U.S. stock index futures edged higher Tuesday, amid a degree of caution in anticipation of earnings from some of the country’s biggest technology firms later…

Oil rises on robust EU data as Mideast tensions linger

theglobeandmail.com Oil prices gained on Tuesday after stronger economic data out of Europe, as investors also weighed the potential fallout from any fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports…

3 Oil Stocks to Buy Before the Middle East Spark

investorplace.com Strike while the iron's hot with these promising oil stocks If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you know tensions in the Middle East have been escalating…

Is Bitcoin Halving 2024 a Game-Changer for Investors? Find Out What Experts Predict

cryptonews.com Bitcoin halvings are a significant event in the world of cryptocurrencies. A halving occurs approximately every four years and has a direct impact on the issuance rate of…

Central Banks Accumulating Gold Reaches Historic Levels

watcher.guru Central Banks across the world are on a gold accumulating spree purchasing tonnes of the precious metal since 2022. The XAU/USD chart climbed above the $2,300 mark this…

Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more?

npr.org Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more? Negotiators from about 175 countries have been sparring for more than a year over a treaty…

Vanessa Kirby, David Oyelowo & Sofie Gråbøl Lead Cast In Audible Jekyll & Hyde Reimagining, The First Audio Drama From ‘John Wick’ Creator Derek Kolstad

deadline.com Oscar nominee Vanessa Kirby, BAFTA nominee David Oyelowo and BAFTA winner Sofie Gråbøl lead cast in Audible’s The Strange Case, the first audio drama from the creator of the…

Stocks and US Futures Rise With Earnings in Focus: Markets Wrap

finance.yahoo.com European stocks rose for a second day after strong earnings from some of the region’s biggest companies, while positive economic data helped boost sentiment. • None Trump…

The Pennsylvania House race testing the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war

politico.com PITTSBURGH — Few Democrats would seem to be more vulnerable to the political fallout of the Israel-Hamas war than Summer Lee. The first high-profile progressive House member…

JPMorgan is worried about further S&P 500 sell-off potential By

investing.com JPMorgan equity strategists expressed concerns about the potential for an extended sell-off in the U.S. stock market, citing several factors that could impact investor…

Gold Futures Slump as Middle East Tensions Ease

wsj.com Gold future prices fell more than 1%, hitting its lowest price since early April, as tensions between Israel and Iran eased and safe haven demand melted away.

Bitcoin Stopped at $67K, Toncoin’s Freefall Continues With 10% Drop (Market Watch)

cryptopotato.com Bitcoin’s price ascent continued in the past 24 hours, as the asset jumped above $67,000 where it was stopped and pushed back down. Most altcoins are also slightly in the…